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China: Emergency Pamphlets will be Distributed on Shanghai Buses

Pamphlets explaining what to do in event of an emergency will be distributed on 35 city bus lines in the wake of several high-profile bus fires, the Shanghai bus authority said.The pamphlets will note where tools like emergency hammers can be found on a bus and how to use them.\r\nBus driver Li Weiwei said the hammers work best when smashing the edges of a window. He said smashing the middle of a window is more likely to lead to cuts from broken glass. Li added there are two emergency exits on the roof of each bus.

China: Emergency Training for Xicheng Street Guides

The Xicheng district government has started providing emergency first-aid training courses and English language courses to the district\'s street guides, the Beijing Daily reported.Most of the city\'s street guides are aged between 41 and 60 years old. A survey in the Xicheng district revealed a large percentage of the street guides had little first-aid knowledge or foreign language abilities. The government therefore has decided to improve their skills.

China: Xiamen to Build 40 more Earthquake Emergency Shelters in Schools this Year

The death toll from a deadly quake on August 03, afternoon that jolted southwest China\'s Yunnan Province rose to nearly 400 on August 5.\r\nIn an effort to cope with a potential earthquake and improve the city’s ability to mitigate the effects of natural disasters, Xiamen will add 40 more earthquake emergency shelters in schools around the city this year. Xiamen built 42 earthquake emergency shelters across the city last year, with 13 in Siming District, 8 in Huli District, 6 in Jimei and Haicang, and 5 in both Tong’an District and Xiang’an District.

China: Shanghai’s Ambulance Service in Crisis as Docs Depart

Shortage of qualified medical professionals has left Shanghai\'s ambulance service stretched almost to breaking point, an industry insider said on 07 August. Despite having more than 600 ambulances, there are currently fewer than 180 emergency doctors working in the city, said Guan Min, spokesman for the Shanghai Medical Emergency Center.\r\n\"The number should be at least twice that,\" he said, \"We have plenty of ambulances, but not enough doctors.\"

China: Illegal Ambulance Service Busted, 23 Held

Shanghai police has detained 23 people after a recent crackdown on bogus ambulance service, officers said on September 17.\r\nMost of the illegal ambulances were registered with hospitals in other provinces, and provincial police are investigating how they managed to hook up with the hospitals.\r\nFourteen second-hand vehicles were found to have been repainted and refitted with inferior quality medical equipment.\r\nA group of 10-plus people made a profit of more than 11.5 million yuan (US$1.86 million) in four years\' time, police said.